In the face of the defeated enemy army, Pang Yuan ordered to return after ten miles of pursuit, which not only destroyed the enemy's morale but also ensured that his own strength would not be lost to the greatest extent.

The Western Route Army was not happy because of the victory, Jiao Qiang hurriedly found Pang Yuan and said to him: "Pang Yuan, where is Zhang Shumo?" Ji Wen is leading a large army to attack the middle city, once the next city is lost, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to drive Ji Wen out of Huaiguo! ”

"Childe, they're already on the way, but they're slow, so I'll take the cavalry to support first." Pang Yuan said.

After hearing this, Huang Can hurriedly said to Jiao Qiang: "General Jiao, we can't wait for Zhang Shumo." Wait any longer, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold Leng Yu! ”

Zhang Jun also nodded: "Yes, we can't wait for them, we have to go and make trouble for Ji Wen first, so that he can't attack the city with peace of mind!" ”

Jiao Qiang took a deep breath: "Okay! Order the soldiers to straighten out in place, and after a quarter of an hour, continue to advance and attack Ji Wen! ”

At this time, Pang Yuan also hurriedly said: "I will go with you, as long as we appear in the rear of Ji Wen, I believe they will never dare to continue to attack the city!" ”

On the other side, the battle in the next city is nearing its end. In the face of several times the enemy army with him, Leng Yu still couldn't resist, and finally ordered the whole army to retreat to Dieling Pass.

After recapturing the next city, Ji Wen's face finally improved, and he ordered the whole army to rest for two hours before attacking Dieling Pass.

At this time, Ma Hua returned with the cavalry, and seeing Ma Hua's embarrassed appearance, Ji Wen was a little puzzled: "Could it be that you were defeated?" ”

Ma Hua nodded shamefully: "Originally, I was fighting a decisive battle with the Western Route Army, and I already had the upper hand. Who knew that Pang Yuan, the martial cultivation army, suddenly came out from the flank of our army and caught me off guard, so I regretted defeat. ”

Everyone couldn't help but become serious when they heard this, Wu Xiujun actually arrived so soon!

"And now what about them?" Yang Xue hurriedly asked.

"Right behind our army, they are not as fast as us because they have infantry, but they should be there soon!" Ma Hua replied.

When Yang Xue heard this, she hurriedly said to Ji Wen: "Lord Wang, we have to hurry up and attack Dieling Pass, otherwise when the enemy arrives, we will have no chance!" ”

Without waiting for the generals to raise objections, Ji Wen took the lead in asking: "The enemy army is coming soon, wouldn't attacking Dieling Pass at this time leave the enemy's back to the enemy and let them fight casually?" ”

"Lord Wang, the number of people in Dieling Pass is definitely not more than 10,000, you only need to send 10,000 people to attack the city. The rest of the people go to confront the enemy forces behind them, and only by defeating the Dieling Pass can the initiative be in our own hands! ”

Yang Xue's words were sonorous, making Jing Guozhong fall into deep thought. This time, Hao Yang also had no prejudice against Yang Xue's proposal, because he understood that Yang Xue was right.

After laying down the Dieling Pass, the Jingguo army can advance and retreat freely, either by choosing to retreat to Jingguo, or by waiting for reinforcements to arrive and launch an attack on Huaiguo. If you blindly defend the next city, you will have no chance to choose, you can only wait for the reinforcements to attack Dieling Pass and choose to attack, but it is not known when the reinforcements will arrive, and the Jingguo army does not know if it can be held until that time!

So, Hao Yang was the first to stand up and agree with Yang Xue's idea and tell everyone his analysis. After hearing this, everyone nodded yes, and Ji Wen finally made up his mind that he and Hao Yang would attack Dieling Pass with 15,000 military horses, and let Ma Hua and Shao Qin take the remaining 40,000 people to intercept the enemy army behind them.

Without further ado, Ji Wen, who had set a strategy, ordered everyone to start acting immediately, so Ma Hua and Shao Qin led more than 40,000 people to block the way of the Huaiguo coalition army and waited for it.

After a short time, the Huaiguo coalition army rushed over, and the Jingguo army, which was waiting for the battle, had to stop its advance.

Jiao Qiang gathered everyone together to discuss countermeasures: "Everyone, Jingguo sent people to block our way, and I don't know if they have captured the next city and Dieling Pass. Now that they are outnumbered of us, are we going to risk attacking? ”

"The people of Jingguo shouldn't have laid the pass yet, otherwise they wouldn't have to block our way, just wait for us to attack in the pass. However, judging by the number of people they have sent to intercept us, they should be close to breaking two passes, or they would not have sent a large army to stop us. Chen Lin analyzed.

"In that case, are we going to attack immediately? Otherwise, when the other side lays down two passes, it will be difficult for us to take them back. Zhang Yan hurriedly asked.

Huang Can said: "Don't take risks, the enemy has at least 30,000 people in this position, and we are only more than 20,000 people. ”

Zhang Jun thought for a while and said: "General Huang is right, our goal is to defeat the enemy army, and if we are defeated here, it may affect the battle situation in the entire northwest, so we must be safe!" ”

"Then we can't just watch it, can we?" Zhang Lin asked.

Qin Sheng held his chin and thought for a long time, and couldn't help but speak: "Since you can't fight, can you think of other ways to delay time?" As long as it is delayed until Zhang Shumo and they arrive, we can fight without any scruples. ”

"Sir, do you have a clever plan?" Jiao Qiang immediately asked.

Everyone also looked at Qin Sheng, and Qin Sheng said: "The general can write a letter and pretend to make peace with Ji Wenyi, telling him that as long as our soldiers are allowed to evacuate safely, the two passes will be surrendered." ”

"What if Ji Wen agrees? Could it be true that the two passes were given to them? ”

Qin Sheng shook his head: "This is just a delaying tactic, whether Ji Wen agrees or not, as long as Zhang Shumo's reinforcements arrive, they can attack in a big way!" ”

Jiao Qiang narrowed his eyes: "I'll write a letter!" ”

Soon Ma Hua received a letter of peace from Jiao Qiang, although he felt that there was a rail, but Ma Hua still ordered someone to send the letter to Ji Wen.

At this time, Ji Wen had already launched an attack on Dieling Pass, and he couldn't help frowning when he received the letter: "This Jiao Qiang, now he actually comes to Yihe, I don't know what his intentions are!" ”

Yang Xue and Hao Yang hurriedly took the letter and read it, and after reading it, Yang Xue sneered: "The prince doesn't have to care about him, this must be the enemy's delaying tactic, in my opinion, the enemy army should still have reinforcements yet, so I will make this decision!" ”

Ji Wen nodded: "I think so too, Hao Yang, you personally lead the troops up, and you must defeat the Dieling Pass before the enemy reinforcements arrive!" ”

Hao Yang was ordered to come to the front line, and the battle at this time had progressed to the point of white heat.

As the first checkpoint for Huaiguo to resist Jingguo, Dieling Pass has thick walls, and even the surface of the city gate is poured with bronze. The ladder is a cut shorter than the city wall, and the Jingguo soldiers need to climb over the women's wall to climb the city wall, so only one soldier can kick the wall at a time, which makes the defense of the Western Route Army much easier.

So the Western Route Army relied on the advantage of city defense to defend all the waves of Jingguo's offensives.

Seeing this, Hao Yang personally pushed the crashing car towards the city gate: "Follow me and take the Dieling Pass in one fell swoop!" ”